Gassama gained fame, praise, and the nickname "Spider-Man" when he took less than 40 seconds to scale four floors of an apartment block in Paris' 18th arrondissement on May 28. Why? A small child was dangling from the balcony.

A spokesperson for the Parisian fire department told AFP on the day it was fortunate "there was someone who was physically fit and who had the courage to go and get the child."

The child's father is now in very hot water over what he was doing at the time of the rescue. French prosecutor Francois Molins told a CNN affiliate that the father had gone grocery shopping, leaving the child alone and then proceeded to play Pokémon Go after leaving the shop. (The child's mother was away on a trip visiting family at the time.)

The father has been charged with "failure to meet parental obligations" and could face up to two years in prison if found guilty at trial, which is currently scheduled for September.

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